Taking Control of Your Headaches: How to Get the Treatment You Need (Paperback)

by Paul Nicholas Duckro (Author), William D. Richardson (Author), Janet E. Marshall (Author), Steven Cassabaum (Author), Greg Marshall (Author), Paul N. Duckro (Author) "When should you seek professional help for headaches, and how do you go about finding it?..." (more)
Key Phrases: biobehavioral therapy, affecting headaches, chronic severe headache (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Scientific American
Active consumers, and I stress the word `active', of this text will become wiser, more involved, and empowered so they truly can help take control of their headaches. In fact, this book will be of value to anyone experiencing any type of chronic health condition, for it is chock-full of prescriptions for a more healthy and balanced life. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"...a valuable manual for the individual who wants to be an active collaborator in treatment...the book is squarely aimed at the person who is embarking on a tertiary level, multimodality approach to treatment, and wants to know the whys and wherefores....The real strength of this book lies in its integration of medical and behavioral approaches to headache. The authors understand that mind and body are not dichotomous, and that headache may be the ultimate mind-bidy disease. Getting this idea across to the individual with chronic headache in a nonthreatening manner is critical to therapeutic success, and these authors are clearly experienced in handling patients as well as in theory." --Headache

"The chapters are patient-friendly and cover many questions that intrigue chronic headache sufferers....The book is quite comprehensive....timely and appropriate reading for our headache patients." --Headache Quarterly
"A first-rate book that provides a wealth of valuable and pragmatic information for those patients with refractory headaches who are likely to require the assistance of headache specialists....An exceptional book of great practical utility. Although quite comprehensive in scope and packed with useful information, it is nevertheless concise and highly readable with an appropriate level of detail for patients. Patients with refractory headache and practitioners alike unquestionably will find this book to be a most valuable resource." --Headache

"[This is] a clearly written text designed for the headache sufferer, which makes sense out of the elusive concept of how psychological events interact with, and produce, physiological changes that, in turn, contribute to chronic headache....Primary care physicians, pain specialists, psychologists, and headache sufferers alike can benefit from reading [this] brief, highly readable text. A highly readable text for use with patients in a variety of clinical settings....It can and should be used by (a) primary care physicians who want to introduce headache patients to the notion of multimodal headache treatment; (b) multidisciplinary headache treatment clinics as a useful companion to treatment; and mental health professionals who want to help clarify multimodal headache treatment for patients who misunderstand the role of the mental health professional." --Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

"This user-friendly guide emphasizes the importance of a multi-modal approach to headache treatment, including traditional medical treatment, physical therapy and psychological management. If you are uncomfortable about the possibility that emotional or psychological factors may be playing a role in your headaches, this informative book may help to set you at ease." --Excedrin Headache Relief Update

"....A much-needed, no-nonsense approach for the lay reader....I would recommend it to my chronic headache patients....Patients will find the book of great value in dealing with their suffering." --Headache Quarterly
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Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; Revised edition (March 29, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572304715
• ISBN-13: 978-1572304710
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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